By Sudhir Kumar US President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.” But only a good leader has the courage and gumption to understand and accept that the buck must stop at his table if something goes amiss. For the Gandhi family that has enjoyed an exaggerated sense […]
‘Yoga for Humanity’ chosen as theme for International Day of Yoga The Ministry of Ayush has chosen the theme for the 8th IYD to be organised in India and across the globe on June 21, 2022. The main event of IDY 2022 demonstration will be held in Mysuru, Karnataka. The theme of last year’s IDY, […]
माँ तो हर एक की होती है और हर माँ अपने बच्चों से प्यार करती है|चोट बच्चे को लगे तो पीड़ा माँ ही को होती है| खुद भूखी रह कर भी बच्चे के खाने की चिंता माँ को होती है| आप ने देखा होगा जब छोटा बच्चा गिर जाए और थोड़ी सी चोट पर रोने […]
ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, is set to launch yet another exciting original series, ‘The Broken News’. The show marks actor Sonali Bendre’s comeback to acting and her OTT debut and also stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Taaruk Raina, Indraneil Sengupta, Faisal Rashid, Kiran Kumar, Aakash Khurana and Sanjeeta […]
Sydney Film Festival is on this month from June 8 -19. There is an interesting line up of films from around the world including Indian subcontinent. India’s celebrated cinematographer and film maker Satyajit Ray’s 10 films are the highlights of this years’ festival. A feature film ‘Fairy Folk’ by director Karan Gour and a documentary […]
Blacktown City Council Libraries has launched a special book compiling 50 stories of life during COVID-19 lockdowns, in partnership with a local author. Council worked with Quakers Hill storyteller Emie Roy of ‘The Stories Untold’, the Community Migrant Resource Centre and Westpoint to publish the book, ‘The Light at the End of the Tunnel’. Blacktown […]
By Neena Badhwar The book ‘The Light At the End of the Tunnel’ published by Emie Roy as the curator, a work that kept her busy for close to a year, with stories compiled from fifty individuals describe the survival spirit of ordinary human beings during Covid. People suddenly were caught off guard with the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It was a Final to remember for Gujarat Titan’s captain Hardik Pandya. He took three vital wickets and scored 34 runs in a low scoring match as he led his team to a comfortable win. He was the worthy Person of the Match. The Final at Ahmedabad was a tussle between a […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji This year’s IPL will be remembered for Jos Buttler’s brilliant batting for Rajasthan Royals. In the qualifying match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday at Ahmedabad he hit a six enabling his team to win by seven wickets with 11 balls in hand. Buttler (from England) scored a brilliant unbeaten century with […]
Across India the representation of women in different legislative bodies remains alarmingly low, in fact only 14 percent of elected members to India’s national parliament are women. Some barriers to women running for office, such as forms of illiteracy, work burdens within the household and discriminatory attitudes towards women are well known, but new research […]